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Party Planning -
Theme Party
Planning - Western Party
Ideas - Western Tabletop Ideas
Western Table Decorating
Ideas:
At some point during the planning stages of your
event the subject of linens will arise. When it does stop and think of all the
possibilities available to you before you go with standard issue tablecloths.
Remember the tops of the tables provide you with a very large surface area and
covering them with a theme tablecloth is the easiest way to change the feel of a
room. It is also the most cost effective way to decorate. Ten tables covered
with a western theme print will make a
statement that no white table cover alone can make. Get Inspired!
Make your party more
Eco-friendly by using your regular dinner plates, flatware and
glasses, even if the party is outdoors. It's more cost
efficient, creates less trash at the same time, and your
table is prettier.
Fill different sized glasses
(goblets, tumblers, wine) or glass bowls with dried split
peas, lentils and beans, set on top of up-side-down terra
cotta planters of different sizes. Beans can all be one
kind/color or layer the beans for a unique look. Place a
candle inside (soy & beeswax are more Eco-friendly).
Place silverware into Mason
jars.
Mason jars also work well for holding votive candles,
celery sticks, pickle slices, carrot sticks and etc.
Bake bread in small terra
cotta pots lined with foil and place the pots around the
tables (on wooden tongue depressors, write the name of the
bread and stick it down into the loaf), sprinkle loaves with
herbs and coarse salt.
Turn medium and large terra
cotta planters up-side-down and use as risers to elevate
foods on the tables to different heights. For a decorative
accent anywhere, just stack 5 or 6 small terra cotta pots
(antiquing your pots will add an additional flair) and turn them up-side-down on the table.
Use galvanized pails or
watering cans for flower arrangements. Tie a bow around the
pail using raffia or jute instead of ribbon.
Sapling trees make great
favors and can be used as centerpieces prior to giving to
guests. Just cover the pot they are in with burlap fabric
and tie with raffia or jute. At the end of the night the
person sitting at the table with the closest birthday to
your event date, gets to take the tree home and plant it.
Place small bowl in the inside of
an upside down
Cowboy Hats. Fill it with
salsa and add chips. Do several of these with different
degrees of "hot".
Serve drinks in the Mason jars mugs with handles, Light
Up Mugs or Boot Mugs.
Cowbells make great accent pieces for tables, tie
wheat to the handles and accent with gingham ribbon or strips of bandana or denim fabric.
Use kid size boots with wild flowers inside for centerpieces.
Shape barbwire into hearts, boots and other
shapes and attached to a wood base, they made a great table accents.
For a unique gift table, use a small antique brass bed covered with a Quilt.
Ice beer down in galvanized
tubs or cover a keg with a barrel.
Tablescape Ideas:
Red, black, yellow & white color scheme.
Cover tables with red
linen tablecloths and place a black & white cowhide patterned overlay on top. Use
galvanized buckets with bouquets of yellow and white daisies or wildflowers for centerpieces
or mini
straw bales topped with daisies or wildflowers. Place pint size Mason jars & smaller jelly jars with red votive candles
on tables. Use red chair covers with black chair ties. Tie raffia around the back of the chair and accent by
tucking a
bandana into the knot. Use silver flatware, black plates, red napkins with a raffia tie, and clear wine glasses with black stems
to accent the tables. Use wine glasses with a
bandana
tucked down inside for a napkins.
Blue, White, Yellow & White Color Scheme.
Cover tables with Blue & white checked tablecloths.
Place a red hurricane lantern (or Mason Jar with a candle)
in the center of the table and accent with a garland of yellow, orange & blue flowers.
Set the table with blue speckled enamelware for plates (rent
from party rental company or purchase at camping supply
store). Yellow napkins are lovely with this design. Tie blue napkins with raffia, add a
sheriff's badge as an accent. Use red wood folding chairs.
Western Table Drapes
Western table drapes are an easy way to create a
professional looking table. Table drapes are available for both banquet and round
tables. They just slip onto the table, no need for clips. The drapes has a blue
chuck wagon top with a bandana
skirt. If you are in the Cypress, TX or N.W. Houston, TX area
contact our consultants
for rental information.
Instead of traditional reception hall tables, use picnic tables, cover with Bandana
Tablecovers or red or blue gingham
tablecovers.
Ideas for using
Bandanas in decorating.
Bandanas
make great napkins.
Tuck a bandana down into a wine glass to
accent your table or fold &
tie with raffia.
Tie raffia around a chair back and tuck a
bandana into the knot.
Use bandanas for favor containers, tie with raffia and add a
sheriff's badge for an accent.
Place bandanas
down the center of a table to create a table runner.
Use long banquet (picnic style) tables, add a blue or denim tablecloth as the undercloth. Take 6 yellow or red bandanas
to use as an overlay. Start at the middle of the table, placing one set(2)
bandanas in the
center of the table (open the bandanas, take one corner and place so the point is at the center of the table, then drape the rest of the bandana over the side of the table. Place the second bandana on the opposite side of the table slightly overlapping the points at the center of the table) . Place another set of bandanas to the right & left of the center set. Once you have done this, you will see two diamond shapes on the top of the table where the blue
undercloth shows through. Place a red hurricane lantern (available in camping
gear section of sports stores for about $5.00) into each diamond shape. If
you desire add a garland of wildflowers around the base of each lantern.
Create a real Hoedown Table with cowboy table decorations. Give your tables some kick by using
Western Boot Photo Holders as place card
for each guest or as table name card holders. Hang
foil cowboy boot balloons around the room and attach to
Straw Bales Add gingham or denim ribbon and berries.
Our
Boot Scootin' Confetti assortment will add some pizzaz to your tables.
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A galvanized bucket, filled with daisies and a hurricane globe
make an attractive centerpiece. Accent with Jelly jars, some with
votive candles and others with small drop-in bouquets.
Use
hay bales, wagon wheels, wash
tubs, cowhide fabric and
bandanas. Set figurines of cows,
horses, or wrought iron figures of cowboys on the table.
Create a buckboard table out of two
banquet tables, the seat from an old buggy and wagon wheels.
Makes a cute gift table or turn it into a Chuckwagon food table
by constructing a canopy at the end of the wagon (remove buggy
seat) Secure 3 heavy wires or hoops, about 1 foot apart, over
tables and cover the wires with burlap.
Use picnic tables, cover with a
table cloth (white, blue, denim). Place a
bandana in the center of a
table. Tie strips of bandana fabric together to use as a runner
down the center of the tables. Place flowers into
straw bales.
Turn bushel baskets on there
side and let chips spill out. Cover baskets with twinkle
lights. Rent a cactus from a prop shop or place an
inflatable cactus on the buffet table.
Rent a Chuckwagon frame to use on a
buffet table.
Personalized
Napkins
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